Solar Cooking Supplies

• Solar Cookers International has online ordering of solar cooking-related products here
   
• Thermometers: Good, inexpensive oven thermometers can be ordered bulk here (note that these thermometers can also be immersed in water to measure its temperature):

  Chaney Instrument Co.
  965 Wells St
  PO Box 70
  Lake Geneva, WI 53147
  262.248.8707 fax
  sales@chaney-inst.com

  Model#: 00820
  Price: $1.20/each
  Minimum order: 72
  Contact: Rita
  
  A giant site dealing with thermometers is here.
   

• Commercial solar cooker models
   
• Reflective film (Also: The STEVEN Foundation has quantities of reflective MylarŪ polyester film available for solar cooker construction. The 3-mil film comes in rolls 62-inches wide. This film proved more resistant to ultraviolet (UV) damage than did a similar product from a different manufacturer. Interested parties would be responsible for shipping expenses, and would be invited to provide a modest donation in support of the foundation. Contact: Jaroslav Vanek. Tel: 607 257 7109, e-mail: jv19@cornell.edu)
   
• Temperature measuring equipment
   
• Water-quality testing kit: IDEXX (1 Idexx Drive Westbrook Maine, 04092 Tel: 207/856-0300) manufactures and sells Colilert, a 24-hour EPA-approved coliform and E. coli test that can be used in the field. Microbiologist Bob Metcalf of Solar Cookers International and others have used this simple, light-weight kit to test the drinking water brought from home by participants in solar cooking workshops. Bob has written a guide to using the Colilert test in the field which describes how to test effectively in developing countries without slavishly following the manufacturer's somewhat over-cautious recommendations. You'll find a comprehensive guide to solar water pasteurization here by Dr. Dale Andreatta.